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Friday, July 11, 2003 [color=" black FONTFAMILY Times New Roman msobidifontsize 85pt"][/color]
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[SIZE= 12pt]System started to make flying safer, faster[/SIZE]
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[COLOR= black]HERNDON, Virginia (Reuters) --[/COLOR][COLOR= black] [/COLOR][COLOR= black]The United States Thursday began phasing in a highly precise $2.5 billion satellite navigation system meant to open up thousands of existing runways to pilots, even in bad weather.[/COLOR]
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The current Global Positioning System signal is typically accurate to within
seven to 10 meters, compared to 1 to 1.5 meters with the new system, FAA officials said.
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Full story:
[url="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/07/11/tech.aviation.usa.reut/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/07/11/tech....reut/index.html[/URL]
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[SIZE= 12pt]System started to make flying safer, faster[/SIZE]
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[COLOR= black]HERNDON, Virginia (Reuters) --[/COLOR][COLOR= black] [/COLOR][COLOR= black]The United States Thursday began phasing in a highly precise $2.5 billion satellite navigation system meant to open up thousands of existing runways to pilots, even in bad weather.[/COLOR]
[COLOR= black]... ... ...
The current Global Positioning System signal is typically accurate to within
seven to 10 meters, compared to 1 to 1.5 meters with the new system, FAA officials said.
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Full story:
[url="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/07/11/tech.aviation.usa.reut/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/07/11/tech....reut/index.html[/URL]
